Privacy Notice

The Care Measure Website team ("We") are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This privacy notice outlines the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting www.caremeasure.org you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is the Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, University of Stirling, FK15 0GA.

Information we may collect from you

We may collect and process the following data about you:

Information you give us: You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site http://www.caremeasure.org (our site) or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you register to use our site, enter data or when you report a problem with our site. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number.

Information we collect about you: With regard to each of your visits to our site we may automatically collect the following information: technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform; information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to maintain your logged in status during a single visit but does not store any personal data about you on your computer.

Uses made of the information

Information you give to us. We will use this information: to provide you with detailed reports on your Care Measure data; to notify you about changes to our service; and to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.

Information we collect about you. We will use this information: to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;

Where we store your personal data

All respondent information and other personal identifiable information will be stored within the European Economic Area (EEA). Data will only be transferred outside the EEA when all requirements of the data protection act are met. In such cases respondents would be informed before processing any data.
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. You are responsible for keeping the password provided to you confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Access to information

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act.

Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcome and should be addressed to edward.duncan@stir.ac.uk